PROJECTS IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY

NOTE: Click on the links below to see projects for a specific date. Projects are sorted by time of day when they are scheduled

Friday, Jan. 15 Morning Afternoon

Saturday, Jan. 16 Morning Afternoon Evening

Sunday, Jan. 17 Afternoon

Monday, Jan. 18 Morning Afternoon Evening

 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15

NOTE: Projects are sorted by time of day when they are scheduled

Create Packages for Infants and Children

Agency: NW Children's Outreach:	Friday, January 15
Issue area: Youth	9 - 11am

Unpack and sort donated books and clothing destined for agencies that directly serve low income and foster children in Oregon Capacity: 20 learn more    

Cover David Douglas School District's Library Books

Agency: David Douglas Sch District Friday, January 15 Issue area: Education 9am-12pm

Covering hardback and paperback books Capacity: 60 learn more  

Horticulture Team at Oregon Zoo

Agency: Oregon Zoo	Friday, January 15
Issue area: Animals	9am-Noon

Work with horticulture team Capacity: 15 learn more  ^top

Help Build a Garden at Vestal School

Agency: Portland Community Gardens	Friday, January 15
Issue area: Environment, Education	9am-Noon

Prep a new community garden space at Vestal School Capacity: 20 learn more

Get Organized at the PDX Habitat ReStore

Agency: Habitat for Humanity Restore	Friday, January 15
Issue area: Affordable housing	9:30am-1:30pm

Join us for a morning in our warehouse, helping us neaten, stock, sort, and tidy our vast and varied inventory! With a small staff, we rely on the help of volunteers to keep our store looking its best. Capacity: 10 learn more       ^top

Reorganize the Clothing Closet at Gilbert Heights SUN School

Agency: SUN School - Gilbert Heights (Campfire USA)	Friday, January 15
Issue area:Youth & Family Services, Education	Noon-3pm

Sort, reorganize and super spiff up the clothing closet for our families Capacity: 6 learn more

 

Serve a Meal at Blanchet House

Agency: Blanchet House	Friday, January 15
Issue area: Hunger, Homelessness	4:30pm-6:30pm

Blanchet House serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the hungry, helped by the men who live in Blanchet’s transitional housing and volunteers like you! Help with food assembly, serving and busing for the 700-800 meals served each day at the Blanchet House. Capacity: 10 learn more

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

 

Build Habitat Homes

Agency: Habitat for Humanity	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Environment	8:30am - 3:30pm

Framing 8 homes at Jubilee Commons Capacity: 15 learn more

Weatherize Homes with the Community Energy Project

Agency: Community Energy Project	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Environment	9am - 1:30pm

Help seniors and families weatherize their homes for the winter season Capacity: 10 learn more

Stock The Pantry: Oregon Food Bank

Agency: Oregon Food Bank	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Hunger	9 - 11am

Sort and repack food Age 6+ Capacity: 30 learn more

Plant a Tree with Friends of Trees

Agency: Friends of Trees	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Environment	9 - 12Noon

Join a group of environmentally-minded volunteers to plant native trees, shrubs and grasses. No experience necessary! Trained crew leaders will be on hand to guide you along the way and coffee, snacks, gloves and tools will be provided. Please wear sturdy, close-toed shoes and dress appropriately for planting in the weather. Capacity: 25 learn more

Paint it Up at Outside In

Agency: Outside In	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Youth	9am - 1pm

Help brighten up the interior of Outside In! Work may include painting hallways and community spaces, as well as cleaning and organizing kitchen and storage areas. The beauty and maintenance of the building makes a difference to every person that walks through the doors of Outside In - your support may brighten the day of someone in need! Capacity:15 learn more

Books for Kids

Agency: Schoolhouse Supplies	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Schools, Reuse	9:30am - Noon

Help ensure that books get into the hands of local students! Every month Powell’s Bookstore donates thousands of books to Schoolhouse Supplies. But before they can go out on the shelf of our Free Store for Teachers we need to sort the books by grade level. Join us for this fun and rewarding project! Capacity: 20 learn more       ^top

Serve a Meal at Blanchet House

Agency: Blanchet House	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Hunger, Homelessness	11am - 1pm

Blanchet House serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the hungry, helped by the men who live in Blanchet’s transitional housing and volunteers like you! Help with food assembly, serving and busing for the 700-800 meals served each day at the Blanchet House. Capacity: 10 learn more

Lead Science Activities at OMSI

Agency: OMSI	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Education, Youth	11am - 3pm

Help guests to OMSI discover the fun side of science! Following a short training session with OMSI staff, volunteers will facilitate hands-on science activities at various stations for OMSI visitors, such as making dough casts of velociraptor claws, spin art, flubber, gyotaku (fish printing) and other easy-to-learn activities. Capacity:15 learn more

Recycle Electronics with Free Geek (1 of 2 shifts)

Agency: Free Geek	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Recycling	11am - 3pm

Curious what your printer looks like on the inside? Do you love taking things apart? Interested in helping with technology recycling? This is the project for you! Volunteers will help tear-down and recycle electronics components at Free Geek - a nonprofit that recycles and refurbishes used technology and provides training on re-building electronics. Capacity: 8 learn more

Recycle Electronics with Free Geek (2 of 2 shifts)

Agency: Free Geek	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Recycling	3pm - 7pm

Curious what your printer looks like on the inside? Do you love taking things apart? Interested in helping with technology recycling? This is the project for you! Volunteers will help tear-down and recycle electronics components at Free Geek - a nonprofit that recycles and refurbishes used technology and provides training on re-building electronics. Capacity: 8 learn more

Play Games, Serve Snacks and Be a Friend at Operation Nightwatch

Agency: Operation Nightwatch	Saturday, January 16
Issue area: Homelessness	6:30 - 11pm

Play games, serve snacks and be a friend to guests of the Operation Nightwatch homeless/low-income drop-in center.Capacity: 4 learn more

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 17

 

Lend a Hand at SMYRC and Help LGBTQ Youth!

Agency: SMYRC (Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center)	Sunday, January 17
Issue area: Youth	2-5pm

Support the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC) by sprucing up our youth drop-in center! Volunteers are needed for a variety of tasks, from cleaning and organizing community spaces within the center, to possibly installing curtains, prepping for a mural, or other tasks. Capacity: 10 learn more       

Potluck In The Park

Agency: Potluck in the Park	Sunday, January 17
Issue area: Hunger, Homelessness	11am - 3pm

Help prepare and serve a meal in the park Capacity:15 learn more   

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MONDAY, JANUARY 18

 

Serve a Meal at Blanchet House

Agency: Blanchet House	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Hunger, Homelessness	6:15 - 8am

Blanchet House serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the hungry, helped by the men who live in Blanchet’s transitional housing and volunteers like you! Help with food assembly, serving and busing for the 700-800 meals served each day at the Blanchet House. Capacity: 10 learn more

AmeriCorps Members & Alums Build Habitat Homes

Agency: Habitat for Humanity	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Affordable Housing	8:30am-3:30pm

Calling all Americorps members and Americorps Alums! Join Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service at our Jubilee Commons build site as we frame eight homes. Capacity: 20 learn more       ^top

Prepare and Serve a Meal at MLK Loaves & Fishes

Agency: Loaves & Fishes - MLK Center	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Seniors Hunger	8am-2pm

Preparing meals-on-wheels meals to go out (but not delivering them), and preparing and serving the noon meal in the center. Cleaning up afterward Capacity: 8 learn more

Weatherize Homes with the Community Energy Project

Agency: Community Energy Project	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Environment	9am - 1:30pm

Help seniors and families weatherize their homes for the winter season Capacity: 10 learn more

Revitalize Friendly House Community Center

Agency: Friendly House	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Seniors	9am- Noon

Deep clean, painting or other facilities project Capacity:10 learn more

Brighten the Community Rooms at Southeast Uplift

Agency: Southeast Uplift	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Community Enrichment	9am-Noon

Painting the SE Uplift conference room, the Fireside Room, and some other areas to make the space more inviting for the community members who use our building for meetings and activities Capacity: 15 learn more

Oregon Food Bank's Perishable Repack Room

Agency: Oregon Food Bank	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Hunger	9-11am

Sort perishable donated food in the perishable repack room. Please wear closed-toed, closed-heeled shoes, and clothing you wouldn't mind getting just a little dirty.Wear a sweater - the room is refrigerated! Age 12+ only Capacity: 25 learn more

Tryon Creek Watershed Community Ivy Pull

Agency: Tryon Creek Watershed Council	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Environment	10am-1pm

Removing invasive ivy. The ivy removal is part of a larger project that has removed over an acre of blackberry and will be removing nearly three acres of ivy to be replaced with native trees and shrubs. Capacity: 50 learn more

Tryon Creek Watershed Community Restoration Event

Agency: Tryon Creek Watershed Council	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Environment	10am-1pm

Removing ivy along the stream, planting native trees and shrubs along the stream Capacity: 20 learn more

Become a Red Cross Warming Center Volunteer

Agency: Oregon Trail Chapter, American Red Cross	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Homelessness	10:30am- 12:30pm

On any given winter night, hundreds of people are out on the streets of Portland with no shelter, exposed to the elements. In response to the limited number of beds in Multnomah County’s overnight shelters, the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross and the City of Portland are partnering to support those that have nowhere to go on nights when the weather is life threatening. Capacity: 30 learn more  

Help Get Books Into The Hands Of Children

Agency: The Children's Book Bank	Monday, January 18
Issue area:Education, Youth	10:30am- 1pm

Clean, organize, and refurbish donated children's books to pass along to headstart classrooms. Capacity: 12 learn more        ^top

Sort & Shelve Books at Multco Library's Title Wave Bookstore

Agency: Multnomah County Library	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Literacy	10:30am-2pm

The Title Wave Used Bookstore sells retired Multnomah County Library materials at discounted prices. The store is run almost entirely by approximately 70 volunteers who sort, check, price, and shelve materials from the library’s 17 locations. Volunteers must be able to lift, bend and stoop. They also must be able to stand for most of the duration of the shift. Volunteers must be able to alphabetize and enjoy organizing. Capacity: 14 learn more

Clean and Recycle Bikes for Kids (1 of 2 shifts)

Agency: Community Cycling Center	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Alternative Transportation, Youth	10:30am- 1:30pm

Help the Community Cycling Center clean and/or recycle donated bikes and bike parts! No mechanical experience is required. With your help, the Cycling Center mechanics will use their magic to turn these reclaimed parts into "new" bikes for kids and commuters of all ages - saving the parts from the landfill, helping to keep kids fit, connecting people and jobs and helping to keep our air a bit cleaner! Capacity: 30 learn more

Distribute Food with Urban Gleaners

Agency: Urban Gleaners	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Hunger, Homelessness	10:30- 11:30am

Sort and distribute collected food Capacity: 6 learn more

Oregon Food Bank's Food Recovery Center (Conveyer Belt Sorting)

Agency: Oregon Food Bank Hunger	Monday, January 18
Issue area:Education, Youth	1- 3pm

Unpack and sort donated food in OFB's "food recovery center" using a conveyor belt. Please wear closed-toed, closed-heeled shoes, and clothing you wouldn't mind getting just a little dirty. Age 16+ only. Capacity: 25 learn more      ^top

Help Get Books Into The Hands Of Children

Agency: The Children's Book Bank	Monday, January 18
Issue area:Education, Youth	1:30- 4pm

Clean, organize, and refurbish donated children's books to pass along to headstart classrooms. Capacity: 12 learn more       ^top

Clean and Recycle Bikes for Kids (2 of 2 shifts)

Agency: Community Cycling Center	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Alternative Transportation, Youth	2:30-5pm

Help the Community Cycling Center clean and/or recycle donated bikes and bike parts! No mechanical experience is required. With your help, the Cycling Center mechanics will use their magic to turn these reclaimed parts into "new" bikes for kids and commuters of all ages - saving the parts from the landfill, helping to keep kids fit, connecting people and jobs and helping to keep our air a bit cleaner! Capacity: 30 learn more

Cook a Meal at the Clark Center

Agency: Transition Projects - Clark Center	Monday, January 18
Issue area: Hunger, Homelessness	5- 7:30pm

From stock in the Clark Center's food closet, we'll prepare a meal and then serve it to the residents in this 90-bed transitional housing shelter for men. Capacity: 8 learn more